North America Distribution

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Northern St. John's-wort is native to Northeastern wetlands, and it is sometimes found in cranberry plantations. Its presence in cranberry farms in the Pacific Northwest, where it is not native, is thought to be due to inadvertent transfer with commercial cranberry plant cuttings.

bracts of inflorescence tiny, not resembling the leaves and sepals approximately as long as the capsule (vs. H. boreale, with the bracts of inflorescence leaf-like and sepals shorter than the capsule).